Colour solutions from X-Rite

X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in colour science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone LLC, will demonstrate a full range of colour management solutions at ITMA. X-Rite Pantone will showcase its suite of colour management systems that enables the textile industry to establish and match colour preferences, ensuring accuracy at each point in the manufacturing process.

´Accurate colour is an essential component of the textile industry, but depending on fabric type and manufacturing source, specific colours can be difficult to replicate. In addition, production techniques for the textile industry are broadening to include digital technologies. The challenge for colour consistency has never been greater,´ says Francesco Tomasello, VP´ Sales & Marketing EMEA. ´At ITMA, X-Rite will show how our solutions can ensure that colour is right, time after time ´no matter what fabric or technology is used.´

At ITMA, X-Rite Pantone will demonstrate the power of its next generation benchtop sphere spectrophotometers, the Ci7800 and Ci7600. These new spectrophotometers include features that reduce errors and improve productivity throughout the textile manufacturing process. Users can ensure excellent sample-to-sample colour measurement from raw materials all the way through to the delivery of a colour-perfect product.

In addition, X-Rite will highlight a range of solutions designed to ensure colour accuracy throughout the textile supply chain:

• SpectraLight QC, providing a holistic visual colour assessment system that combines state-of-the-art light sources with a data-driven back-end to ensure inter-instrument agreement across the supply chain.
• The Ci6x family of handheld spectrophotometers ´
• Ci60, Ci62, Ci64 & Ci64UV is a performance-driven solution for managing colour at any stage of production, and gives manufacturers a whole new level of confidence in their colour data, regardless of where or when the measurements are collected.
• CAPSURE, a handheld colour-matching tool that accurately measures colour on smooth, textured, or patterned objects, making it ideal for the textile industry. ERX130, providing in-line reflectance measurement that eliminates costly production line errors.
• Software solutions offering the latest in colour management tools. NetProfiler 3 enables the easy verification, optimisation and certification of colour measurement devices, while Color iQC is a job-oriented software solution that removes the guesswork from evaluating colours.